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Alberto Costa vs Matthew Pennycook

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,597 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 1,514 different votes 1,597 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
70 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
19 Aye 31 No
Energy 6% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 29 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 37 No
Education 3% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API